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  Much Ado About Nothing

  noun

  a comedy (1598?) by Shakespeare.
• much ado about nothing
  much ado about nothing

  A big fuss over a trifle, as in Jerry had everyone running around looking for his gloves—much ado about nothing. Although this expression is best remembered as the title of Shakespeare's comedy, the phrase much ado was already being used for a big commotion or trouble in the early 1500s.

Much Ado About Nothing

American  

noun

1. a comedy (1598?) by Shakespeare.

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much ado about nothing Idioms  

1. A big fuss over a trifle, as in Jerry had everyone running around looking for his gloves—much ado about nothing. Although this expression is best remembered as the title of Shakespeare's comedy, the phrase much ado was already being used for a big commotion or trouble in the early 1500s.

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Example Sentences

In 1967 he played Don John in a BBC studio recording of Franco Zeffirelli's famous production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2021

The pair’s spiky relationship has earned comparisons to Benedick and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing.

From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2018

A meet cute, sparring enemies who become lovers, a wisecracking coterie of buddies, an outstanding amount of lying — these are elements of surefire entertainment older than Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing."

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2018

What compels our amorous complicity is the genre of romantic comedy, which even at several levels below "Much Ado About Nothing" and "As You Like It" manages to win our favor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2018

Next is a monologue from Much Ado About Nothing, which is actually pretty good, but will be totally lost on the judges.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy